The Orchestre de chambre Appassionata tours the United States for the first time

Series Guest of the
Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts

MONTREAL, Jan. 10, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - The Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts has invited Montreal's Appassionata to participate in this prestigious series on January 21, 2012. Under the direction of Daniel Myssyk, the orchestra will present its first concert on American soil at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall in Richmond, Virginia. For the occasion, internationally renowned Canadian pianist Richard Raymond will join Appassionata's 19 musicians in an interpretation of Paul Hindemith's Four Temperaments and Frédéric Chopin's Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise brillante.  The Scherzo pour cordes by Quebec composer André Prévost and the Serenade for Strings by Antonin Dvorak will also be on the program.

January 21, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Mary Anne Rennolds Chamber Concerts
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
922 Park Avenue, Richmond
Tickets: [phone] www.showclix.com/event/34322

Appassionata will also take advantage of its American venue to give a concert with the students from the Virginia Commonwealth University. The concert will be held at the Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall at 8 p.m. on January 24, 2012.  On the program: Dvorak's 9^th Symphony - the so-called New World Symphony - and the American premiere of Ben Seni Variations by VCU jazz professor Doug Richards, who will conduct the performance. Appassionata's first chairs will give master classes for the students. Daniel Myssyk, Appassionata's artistic director, is also an assistant professor and director of orchestral activities at VCU.

January 24, 2012 at 8 p.m.
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall
922 Park Avenue, Richmond
Tickets: [phone]  [email protected]

Appassionata is a Quebec chamber orchestra founded eleven years ago and directed by its current conductor, Daniel Myssyk. It includes 19 of Quebec's most experienced musicians. The group's first CD, Idyla, was a finalist for the OPUS Prize in 2008. Appassionata performs in Quebec as well as in the United States. www.appassionata.ca

Journalists who want to obtain two free tickets to attend the performances or to book an interview with Daniel Myssyk can do so by calling Léticia Rebollar at [phone].

High-resolution photographs can be downloaded from:
http://www.appassionata.ca/medias/photos/